I would like to wish Zaheer Abbas a belated happy birthday (Birthdays, 24 July). There used to be a competition among county cricketers to see who could hit 1,000 runs in the first month of the season. In 1981 no cricket was played in May because of the appalling weather. Zaheer, playing for Gloucestershire, hit 1,000 in June. The Guardian sports report was headlined “Happy days Zaheer again”. A classic.
Derek Wyatt
London
• Re your article (Two beavers employed to keep Forest of Dean floods at bay, 25 July), it’s good to see that the beavers are fully employed and not on zero-hours contracts. Have you any details of how much they are getting, or is it just the minimum wage?
Susan Davis
Stroud, Gloucestershire
• Regarding the difficulty of cutting into cakes (Letters, 24 July), I refer you to the chorus of the old Dublin song Mrs Hoolihan’s Christmas Cake: “And the crust it was nailed on with glue.”
Ron Gould
Brighton
• “Raab admits planning to secure food supply for no-deal Brexit” (Front page, 25 July). I wonder where the ration cards are being printed. Maybe in the EU?
Duncan Bury
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• As a five-year old, I thought my Auntie Joyce’s Morris Traveller (Letters, passim) was the last word in sophistication, especially the bucket of water she kept behind the driver’s seat for when the car overheated. Which it did. A lot.
Judith Rushby
Ripon, North Yorkshire
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